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The discipline, art, skill and profession of applying scientific knowledge and principles to the design and manufacturing of machines, structures, devices, systems, materials and processes.

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spoil bank

Engineering; Coastal engineering

Artificial formation created by the deposit of dredged materials on the seabed.

unconsolidated

Engineering; Coastal engineering

In referring to sediment grains, loose, separate, or unattached to one another.

deflation

Engineering; Coastal engineering

The removal of loose material from a beach or other land surface by wind action.

diverging wave

Engineering; Coastal engineering

Waves that move obliquely out from a vessel’s sailing line.

subduction zone

Engineering; Coastal engineering

Elongate region in which the sea floor slides beneath a continent or island arc.

wave climate atlas

Engineering; Coastal engineering

Series of maps showing the variability of wave conditions over a long coastline.

basin

Engineering; Coastal engineering

A depressed area with no surface outlet, such as a lake basin or an enclosed sea.